[floydmoline]

well archtop LP is not all the complex to refinish, a little more work to sand them down to retain the contours than say a strat, but the over all process is much the same, problem arises when you sand them, on a ply top if you sand to far and blow through the top ply you can't sunburst, or trans finish them, since the second ply the gain goes the opposite way you do notice the hole it's flat and smooth but you can see the grain abruptly changes direction lol, black or solid finishes aren't a big deal no one will ever see the top, but sunbursts you do.

now had i known the top was ply i would have used a paint stripper and saved the ply wood from burn through but alas hind-sight is always 20/20, so now it's going to eventually get refinished black, what it originally was, i was just hoping to take a black LP and make it a cherry burst LP.... and so goes life